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S3 Ep 11: The Myth of Normal with Dr. Gabor Maté

Raising Good Humans

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Why You Shouldn't Be Driven by It When It Comes to Medicine

There's a lot of pain in my early environment in my mother and I also am pretty convinced that some of my desire to heal the world came out of my despatients. Now that doesn't mean there aren't good sort of healthy reasons to become a physician wanting to help humanity having an interest in the human body physiology, psychological or you know liking people. These are all perfectly valid good reasons. The problem is that to the extent that there’s these unconscious reasons of wanting to be important and validate my existence or a desperation to Heal the world they can undermine your health and your emotional balance and eventually even your personal capacities. To become conscious of what is not conscious then you won

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